PreviewExhibitions
Michelangelo drawings head (Mid)West for Cleveland show
The exhibition, which includes a preliminary drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling, will also travel to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles
ReviewBooks
Michelangelo for beginners, and a new view of the master’s bronzes
Three new books offer fresh angles on the Renaissance master
FeatureArt's Most Popular 2019
Ranked: the top ten most popular shows in their categories from around the world
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NewsArt's Most Popular 2019
Heavenly figures: how two Met shows topped The Art Newspaper’s attendance survey
The New York museum's Heavenly Bodies exhibition came first even though curator “never set out to create a hit”
FeatureBill Viola
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As the Royal Academy in London prepares to open a show uniting the US video artist with Michelangelo, his wife and collaborator discusses her pivotal role in his process
NewsOld Masters
Brickmaker moves out of construction and into Old Masters investment, buying a $75m Michelangelo painting
New US owner of former Chinese building-materials business turns to lucrative fractional ownership of art
NewsMichelangelo
Rothschild Bronzes definitely by Michelangelo, new book claims
Pair of nude males, acquired by the family in 1877, last sold at auction in 2002
ReviewBooks
Drawing the mercurial mind: book poses Michelangelo’s draughtsmanship as the key to his life and works
Volume produced for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition of the artist is "a lasting contribution to scholarship"
FeatureMichelangelo
The UK's only marble Michelangelo takes pride of place at new Royal Academy
The Taddei Tondo has not always been treated as a masterpiece
BlogDiary of an art historian
Design or colour? Look to Titian
A shoestring trip to La Serenissima—and a thumbs-up for Simon Schama
ReviewExhibitions
Half a million visitors can’t be wrong: the Met’s Michelangelo show is the cultural event of the year
The major loan show is a doubly whammy in the quality of the works presented and its popularity
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